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Backup Plan
Posted on May 24, 2003 by Ching under Babies, Games.
Thunderstorms have been forecasted for today. We may not be able to go swimming. Our backup plan is playing video games in Ashley’s apartment. Brian and I have been commissioned to bring our DDR game and dancepads, Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance and Tekken — just in case we are stuck indoors due to inclement weather. Ashley loves Galaga too just like me (she has the game) so I now have someone to play Galaga with. It’s kind of boring playing by yourself. I just keep trying to outdo myself, to get beyond the highest level that I can reach, but after a while that just gets frustrating. When you take turns it’s better. More fun.
Anyhow, I made a video clip of Felix. I had to store it at our family’s website because they have 500 MBs of storage and this file by itself is 3 MB. I didn’t want Jen (my host Jen, not my sister) to get mad at me for using too much space because I use a lot already. So you dial-up users have been warned. Give it time to load (or if you’re on dial up, you may want to skip this video altogether). But broadband users :must: check it out because it’s cute. LOL! I should take him to Stupid Pet Tricks!
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Cards From Brian
Posted on May 9, 2003 by Ching under Games, Life.
Check out these cards that Brian got for me. I took a picture of them with my webcam because I couldn’t successfully photograph them with my digital camera for the life of me.
I found the first card on the keyboard. Brian knows me all too well! He knew that as soon as I arrived home from work I would go to my computer desk. Then again, I guess that’s common knowledge.
Anyhow, the outside of the card had a big number 1 drawn on it and he wrote below the number, “Follow the instructions.” Fueled by curiosity, I eagerly opened the card. The front of it read, “I love you for your mind.” “And the way you use it to make your body do stuff.” was written on the inside. Brian wrote, “Somewhere in the house is a card labeled #2. On this card you will find instructions. Follow them.” Then he wrote, “I love you.” And still further down he wrote, “Hint: It stays cold all the time!”
As you might have guessed, the second card was in the fridge. It had a big number 2 drawn on the outside and below it he wrote “Wait, wait, ok you can open it now!” How exciting is that? I opened the card to read, “Having you in my life means I’ll always have a shoulder to lean on, a hand to hold, a hug to wrap up in…” on the outside. “…a cute ass to look at.” it continued inside. Then he wrote, “I always told you, you had a great ass! Card #3 is not in the house and will magically appear when the time is right. To be continued…” And again he wrote at the bottom, “I love you.”
When he arrived home from work, he presented me with the third card. On the outside a big number 3 drawn and below it he wrote, “Conclusion!” Is the suspense killing you yet? The outside of the card read plainly:
ME.
BED.
NOW.
Inside it read, “The less I say, the more energy my tongue has.” And then Brian wrote, “I love you more than life itself. I thought this would be fun and creative. Now get naked! I love you baby!!”
How romantic! Am I the luckiest girl in the world or what?
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Ratchet & Clank
Posted on December 30, 2002 by Ching under Games.
Brian and I have been staying up late at night fighting over whose turn it is to play. The game that we are fighting over? Ratchet & Clank. It is so much fun! The first week that Brian bought it, I pretty much left him alone. I went to bed and he stayed up playing until the wee hours of the morning. He doesn’t have to get up early for work so he has that luxury.
Anyway, I got to try it while he went to the bathroom one day and things haven’t been the same since! I don’t think he expected this reaction either. After all, I’ve never really shown any interest in his favorite video games (GTA, Vice City, GT).
I like Galaga and the Tekken series and DDR — and now, Ratchet and Clank! It’s got a cuteness factor to it and it reminds me of when I used to play Super Mario (it’s a highly evolved form of the same kind of game, to me anyway) when I was younger. Now, we have to take turns..
It makes Brian mad sometimes because now he has to share it with me instead of being able to hog the game to himself. It’s not a two-player game, if that’s what you’re wondering. He often makes fun of the way I play (kind of like when he makes fun of me when I karaoke) saying that it’s painful. I do tend to run around in circles, but I can’t help it when I’m not wearing my contacts. I can’t see very well without them. I only laugh it off and tell him, “Yeah! I play Rachet and Clank like the way you type (I have always made fun of his two-finger typing style)! Only I play better!”
If you are squeamish do not read any further — I warned you!
Speaking of staying up, I had some really awful food poisoning last night! Brian thinks that it might have been some undercooked pork. We made one of these Campbell’s Supper Bakes, but followed the instructions and everything. I was telling Angie at work about my whole experience: excruciating cramps (imagine having diarrhea and constipation at the same time).. Anyway, it was awful. She goes, “Where did you eat?” I go, “At home.” She laughed at me, “You made yourself sick!” Like that’s impossible! It looked cooked to me. Brian thought it was, too! Well, maybe his was cooked — he didn’t get sick after all. Anyway, she tells me that it’s better to cook without timing — check it periodically and when it looks and feels done, then it is. Only one problem — how do I know what it’s supposed to look and feel like? What’s really baffling is that I have a more resilient stomach than Brian does! I can eat just about anything and not get sick. I can’t believe that I got sick and he didn’t! Not that I wish for him to suffer the same pain that I did — oh, it was awful — I wouldn’t wish for it on anyone! Anyway, I had to go to the bathroom right before bed (I really though I could just sleep the cramps off).. And then I woke up at like five am and went to the bathroom again! It was really horrible. And then before I could take my shower this morning, I had to go to the bathroom again! I seriously thought about staying home and not going to work. Anyway, I did go to work and I survived. I’m feeling much better now.. Tonight we may stay up again, but thankfully it won’t be because I have to keep going to the bathroom. Hopefully, it’ll be spent playing Ratchet & Clank! Or even better yet —
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Sim City
Posted on December 1, 2002 by Ching under Games.
It’s hard to believe it’s already 10:30 PM. Brian has been playing Sim City for the past five hours now. I have to admit, he’s got me playing it now too. He burned a copy of the game for me so we can both play at the same time. But I draw the line at three hours. I stopped playing a couple of hours ago.
My town (which I’ve aptly named Ching City) was at 1.2 million, the population was around 50 to 60 thousand (it constantly fluctuates) and the residential, commercial and industrial taxes were at 0% — and still the town continued to make money. The yearly revenue was about 5 thousand or so. It helps to have a casino that generates income, plus parking fines! Ha! Who needs to make deals with the neighboring cities? Anyway, I’m not a pro or anything but you’ve got to admit that’s pretty good asset management! If only life was that easy. Everything was pretty much status quo with Ching City so I just decided to save the game for another day.
Brian on the other hand started over because his town ended up losing a bunch of money. I think he was down to his last 50 thousand when he canned it and built a whole new city altogether. He’s still playing the game behind me on his computer. It’s days like these when I’m thankful that I’ve got my own computer to play on, otherwise we’d be arguing over whose turn it was to use the computer right about now. He’s totally hooked on the game! He’s almost forgotten about Vice City (his other addiction). I say almost because he’ll be playing it later in the bedroom when I beg him to come to bed with me. He’s always playing some form of computer game at any given point. It’s very, very sick. I don’t really mind, though. At least he’s not surfing for porn on the internet!
The last four days have been so wonderful. Even though Brian had to work (except on Friday and Sunday, his days off) we still got to spend a lot of quality time together. Plus, I got some much needed rest from work. Although I really wanted to work on Thursday and Friday (both paid holidays, at 2 3/4 pay, that’s mucho bucks), I’m glad now that I didn’t get scheduled to work. Sometimes we don’t realize when we need a break until we have a nervous breakdown. Thankfully, it hasn’t reached that point but I am relieved for the time off. I’ve enjoyed it so much in fact, that I’m reluctant to return. Oh why, oh why can’t we just be independently wealthy? I could really use more days like today: Brian and I slept in until noon, he didn’t shower with me today though which was a bit of a disappointment (but we showered together yesterday, so it’s okay), checked out Patrick Duegaw’s art exhibit at Fisch Haus, played some Galaga and Hot Shot (a basketball game) at the arcade, watched Treasure Planet, pretended to be mayor of Ching City for three hours and now, blogging leisurely about my day. The next five days will be really crappy in comparison.. Except for Saturday, which is our employee holiday party at the Broadview. Brian, Jen, Mom and I are all attending and I’m hoping that it’ll be loads of fun!
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Brian’s New Video Game
Posted on November 11, 2002 by Ching under Games.
Brian finally got his copy of GTA Vice City. For someone who’s almost thirty, he’s still stuck on playing video games. I hate that the game is so violent, but it is pretty good. I’ll at least give it that. Brian has been waiting for the game to be released for a while, too. Everytime a new shipment comes into Best Buy, the games sell out within minutes. Almost even before they hit the shelves. It’s insane. I’d never thought a game could be this popular. I was at Best Buy last week looking for the 100 pack of Imation CD RWs that were on sale for $8 and asked them if they had the game. None on the shelf, some in the back for rain checks. Brian had a rain check, but they wouldn’t give it to me without the slip. Desperate, we did some high speed munching at Applebee’s and headed out to Best Buy to purchase the game on Brian’s 30-minute lunch break. (Brian had the slip in his car, luckily enough.) It’s amazing what an ounce of determination can accomplish. Anyway, now that he’s got the game and the handy-dandy strategy guide in his greasy little hands, Brian keeps staying up till four in the morning playing it in the bedroom. He purchased a controller extender specifically for playing his games in bed. Sounds like something from the “you know you’re a gaming addict..” list. That’s Brian for you.
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